Falcons agreed to terms with DT Paul Soliai, formerly of the Dolphins, on a five-year, $33 million contract.

The deal includes $14 million guaranteed. It's a hefty commitment for a player now on the wrong side of 30, but the Falcons are living up to their pledge of beefing up and getting tougher. The Falcons employ a 4-3 base, but are reportedly considering implementing more 3-4 looks this season. Soliai can man the nose in either alignment. Soliai played for Falcons DC Mike Nolan in Miami.

I am just glad he didn't end up in our division. He played hard for the Dolphins and sorry to see him go, but I am looking forward to seeing new bodies in Miami. I live in Houston and Mitchell was one of the Texans key defensive players, so good pick up and he is younger.

That's a great way of looking at this........4th round draft pick, gave us 7 really good years He's on the latter part of his NFL career, and he should get as much $$ as he can............Yeah, congrats to Solia!

Update: Paul Soliai released a statement thanking you, the fans, for his time in Miami. He thanks assistant coach Kacy Rodgers and he thanks "the previous" staff for bringing him into the NFL. He does not thank the Dolphins organization and I'm told that is by design:

I'm happy for big Paul. For whatever reason, I've always been a fan of those big guys in the middle ..... dating back to the Tim Bowens and Daryl Gardener days, heck even Larry Chester and Chuck Klingbeil.

He's a monster at the nose and deserves the money after the Dolphins being so cheap with him on the last contract. Since we don't play to his strengths (nor the rest of the players) with a 3-4, I'm glad to see him move to where they will.